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Old 08-30-2010, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by exb00st,Aug 30 2010, 03:03 PM
The AC must be great. Those vents are looking a bit nipply.
Well it's a GM car. If there is one thing GM has NEVER screwed up, it's AC.
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OH- I must say, the AC in the CTS-V was awesome!
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Ha ha, when I went from a C5 vette to a e90 BMW the first thing I noticed was, "where's the a/c?" Seriously, even with a sun sensor it wouldn't maintain a 72 degree interior on an 80 degree day. I had the BMW service manager look at it and the best he could do was, "maybe you'd like a 7 series? Those have twin a/c units."
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A friend of mine in college had a Pontiac Cavalier. It was of course generally junk. However, as compared to my generally great Camry there was no comparison when we talked AC. Perhaps it's not overly surprising. GM invented the modern AC unit when they invented R-12. They also seemed to feel it was better to make one AC pump that worked for all vehicles so your big Caddy had the same pump as the small cars hence the small car had one hell of an AC system! Toyota seemed to have the same idea but I think they sized their pump for a Tercel
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Originally Posted by cbehney,Aug 30 2010, 06:00 PM
Dear lord, I can't stop staring at those air vents...
It looks like I should be able to pull on those joysticks and a pack of cigarettes will pop out onto the floor.
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c'mon...nothing beats the SAAB AC vents.
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A friend of mine works at a body shop and has for a long time. You can tell build quality a lot when you see a car torn down. He mentioned the CTS was one of the crappiest cars he's ever seen. The new ones may be better, but I doubt by much.
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I'm not sure that is at all true. VW is often nice under the skin but that hasn't translated into better reliability.
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Originally Posted by exb00st,Aug 29 2010, 02:24 PM
In this picture, your S5 looks so much nicer and more elegant.
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